NAME

       apop_text_to_db - command line utility to convert a text file into a database table

SYNOPSIS

       apop_text_to_db [-d delimiters] text_file table_name dbname

DESCRIPTION

       If  the  input  text  file  name is a single dash, -, then read from STDIN.  Input must be plain ASCII or
       UTF-8.

       -d     the single-character delimiters to use, e.g., -d " ," or -d "\t" (which you will almost  certainly
              have  to  write  as  -d  "\\t")  (default:  "|,\t", meaning that any of a pipe, comma, or tab will
              delimit separate entries)

       -nc    data does not include column names

       -n regex
              case-insensitive regular expression indicating Null values (default: NaN)

       -m     use a MySQL database (default: SQLite)

       -f     fixed width field ends: -f"3,8,12,17" (first char is one, not zero)

       -u     mysql username

       -p     mysql password

       -r     data includes row names

       -v     verbosity

       -N     a comma-separated list of column names: -N"apple,banana,carrot,durian"

       -en    if table exists, do nothing and exit

       -ed    if table exists, retain the table, delete all data, refill with the new data (i.e., call 'delete *
              from your_table')

       -eo    if table exists, overwrite the table from scratch (deleting the previous table entirely)

       -ea    if table exists, append new data to the existing table

       -h     display this help and exit